About the HCI Center

The Human-Computer Interaction Center (HCI Center, or HCIC for short) is a central institute of RWTH Aachen University that focuses on usability and the research, design, development and evaluation of new user interfaces. It was founded in 2011 by four faculty members of RWTH Aachen University:

The founding ceremony took place on Nov 10, 2011 on World Usability Day, with a keynote by Bruce Tognazzini, founder of the Apple Human Interface Group and principal with the Nielsen Norman Group. On Apr 11, 2014, the HCI Center celebrated its official move into its new offices in the CAMPUS Logistics cluster.